President Trump Remains Uncharacteristically Quiet Over The News Of National security adviser Michael Flynn resignation

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Michael Flynn was a loyal Trump supporter throughout the campaign, but his ties to Russia caused concern among other senior aides.

Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of the foreign affairs committee at the upper chamber of the Russian parliament, said in a post on Facebook that firing a national security adviser for his contacts with Russia is “not just paranoia but something even worse.”


Kosachev’s counterpart at the lower chamber of the Russian parliament, Alexei Pushkov, tweeted shortly after the announcement that “it was not Flynn who was targeted but relations with Russia.”

Mr Flynn resigned on Monday night conceding he gave “incomplete information” about his phone calls with Russia’s ambassador to the U.S. It follows reports he could become a target of Russian blackmail.

The US Army is also reportedly investigating whether Mr Flynn received money from the Russian government during a 2015 trip to Moscow, the New York Times reports.

Mr Flynn was paid to attend the anniversary of Russia Today, a Russian television network controlled by Vladimir Putin.

Mr Flynn, the Times suggests, sat next to Mr Putin himself.

Mr Flynn reportedly blamed his “faulty memory” rather than apologise, the publication claims.

The White House is apparently in such a state over the controversy, “the knives are out”, a White House official told CNN.

“There’s a lot of unhappiness about this.”

President Trump has remained uncharacteristically quiet over the news.